Scoring device



JOHN I. 0] L08 ANGELIB, CALIFORNIA.

SCORING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters 2mm.-

Patented Oct. 25, 1921.

Application filed Jane 9, 1980. Serial H0. 887,827.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I Jorm F. Gown, a citizen of the United tates residing atLos Angeles, in the count of Iros Angeles and State of California, aveinvented a new and useful. Scoring Device, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a scoring device and is particularly directed to a device in which the angular position of the scor ng elements is indicative of the direction of scoring.

The object of the invention is to provide a device for scoring points of games, in which the score indicating elements are positioned in a tilted position relative to the plane of the score board to indicate the proper direction of scoring, as a guide for a proper manipulation of the score indicating elements.

Another object is to adapt the above basic principle to the construction of a cribbage board of the standard number ,and arran ment of peg holes.

\fiiious other objects and advantages will be more fully a parent from the following description of t e accompanying drawings,

which form a part of this disclosure, and which illustrate a preferred form of embodiment of the invention.

Of the drawings:

Figure 1 is a plan view of a cribbage board embodying the features of my invention.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail section on line na -w of Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is a similar section on line as-w of Flg. 1.

With the objects of the invention in mind, it may be stated that the conventional cribbage board shown in the drawings is only illustrative of one of the many obvious embodiments of the principles of the invention which reside in the angular disposition of the peg holes for the purpose of indicating the propfr direction of the scorin movements of t e pegs.

' The board 1 is provided with the usual holes 2, 2, as means for scoring the number of games won, and the holes 3, 3, to

receive the pegs when not in'use. The int scoring holes are arranged in opposed sets of two parallel rows each itioned along the longitudinal mar af zdges of the board and which are 'vided into units of five holes each by the lines 4 which may be formed of inlald material or otherwise.

In scoring a game of cribbage the score of each player is registered in one set of peg holes, the usual methods bein to peg the score starting at one end of t e outer row of hole 5, as indicated by the arrows .2, a, and proceeding to the opposite end of said row, then turning back to the inner row of holes 6, as indicated by the arrows b, b, and proceeding back to the starting point.

In the manipulation of the score indicating pegs 7, 8, a player is liable to forget the proper direction of scoring and'especially may become confused in this regard when IOlllldlllg the corner from one row to the other of his set, and to eliminate all uncertainty and confusion, the pegholes 5 of each outer row are angularly disposed away from the starting point and the peg holes 6 of each inner row are angularly disposed toward the starting point, so that the scoring pegs when positioned in the peg holes will always tilt or be inclined to indicate the proper direction of scoring.

In Fig. 1 the scoring pegs 7 are positioned to indicate a total of nine points scored and to indicate the score made on the last hand played, as three points, the pegs tilting to the right or away from the starting point indicating that any subsequent movements of the pegs should be toward the right. In a like manner the pegs 8 indicate a total of forty-nine "points scored by the opposing player and a score of four points scored on the last hand played, the pegs 8 tilting to the left or toward the starting point indicating that subsequent movements of the pegs 8 should be toward the left and that said opposing player has already pegged the full length of his outer row of holes 5, has turned the corner and pegged back on his inner row to the positions of the pegs.

This arrangement assists in the proper scoring of the points of the game, eliminates mistakes, confusion, and uncertainty and tends to automatically teach novices the proper method of scoring.

1. claim: 7

1; A scoring device comprising a 'board having recesses angled in the direction of scoring, and a score indicating element adapted to be positioned in the recesses to tilt in the direction of scoring.

1o -2. A scoring device comprising a board having peg receiving holes angled in the directlon of scoring, and a score indicating peg adapted to be positioned in the holes, to tilt in the direction of scoring.

Signed at Los Angeles, California this 3d 15 day of June 1920.

JOHN F. GULVER. Witnesses: V

Cmnmrcn B- Fos'mn, L. BELLE Wmven. 

